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Gandhi's Legacy - The Natal Indian Congress 1894-1994 (Paperback): Surendra Bhana Gandhi's Legacy - The Natal Indian Congress 1894-1994 (Paperback)
Surendra Bhana
R65 R51 Discovery Miles 510 Save R14 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Founded by MK Gandhi early in his career, the Natal Indian Congress is one of the oldest political organizations in South Africa. This book traces its course through colonial anti-Asiatic feeling, past apartheid, and into the new democracy.

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Alena Ledeneva The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Alena Ledeneva
R1,451 Discovery Miles 14 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey - New Actors and Modes of Participation in a Changing Society (Hardcover):... The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey - New Actors and Modes of Participation in a Changing Society (Hardcover)
Cengiz Gunes
R3,303 Discovery Miles 33 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Turkey relentlessly persecuted any form of Kurdish dissent. This led to the radicalisation of an increasing number of Kurds, the rise of the Kurdish national movement and the PKK's insurgency against Turkey. Political activism by the Kurds or around Kurdish-related political demands continues to be viewed with deep suspicions by Turkey's political establishment and severely restricted. Despite this, the pro-Kurdish democratic movement has emerged, providing Kurds with a channel to represent themselves and articulate their demands. This book is timely contribution to the debate on the Kurds' political representation in Turkey, tracing the different forms it has taken since 1950. The book highlights how the transformations in Kurdish society have affected the types of actors involved in politics and the avenues, organisations and networks Kurds use to challenge the state. Based on survey data obtained from over 350 individuals, this is the first book to provide an in-depth analysis of Kurdish attitudes from across different segments of Kurdish society, including the elite, the business and professional classes, women and youth activists. It is an intimate portrait of how Kurds today are dealing with the challenges and difficulties of political representation.

The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - - making change through nonviolent action - (Hardcover): Rivera Sun The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - - making change through nonviolent action - (Hardcover)
Rivera Sun
R786 Discovery Miles 7 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Four Great Evils of The Day (Hardcover): Henry Edward The Four Great Evils of The Day (Hardcover)
Henry Edward
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Fallacy of Magnitude - A Collection of Writings (Hardcover): Hugh J. Schonfield The Fallacy of Magnitude - A Collection of Writings (Hardcover)
Hugh J. Schonfield; Edited by Stephen A. Engelking
R736 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R120 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Hand Tied Behind Us - Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Hardcover, Revised edition): Jill Liddington, Jill Norris One Hand Tied Behind Us - Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Jill Liddington, Jill Norris
R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At factory gates and cottage doors, co-operative guilds and trade union branches, the radical suffragists of turn-of-the-century Britain took their message to women at the grassroots level in order to advance demands for equal pay, educational opportunities, better birth control, child allowances, and the right to work. Their strength lay in their democratic approach: opposed to violence, they felt that the vote was the key to wider rights for women.

One Hand Tied Behind Us draws from a wealth of unpublished material, local newspaper accounts. diaries, handwritten minute books, forgotten biographies, and interviews. It creates a vivid and moving portrait of the women who, almost 100 years ago, envisaged freedoms that are not secure even today. Widely acclaimed, it has become a suffrage classic, and to mark its twenty-first anniversary, Rivers Oram presents this revised edition with a new introduction by Jill Liddington.

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2 (Hardcover): Alena Ledeneva The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Alena Ledeneva
R1,582 Discovery Miles 15 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Starr Report - Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Regarding President Clinton (Hardcover): U.S. Department... The Starr Report - Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Regarding President Clinton (Hardcover)
U.S. Department of Justice, Office Of Special Counsel
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
In Defense of Democracy (Hardcover): Anne-Marie Waters In Defense of Democracy (Hardcover)
Anne-Marie Waters
R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Logic of Chinese Politics - Cores, Peripheries and Peaceful Rising (Paperback): Sabrina C.Y. Luk, Peter W. Preston The Logic of Chinese Politics - Cores, Peripheries and Peaceful Rising (Paperback)
Sabrina C.Y. Luk, Peter W. Preston
R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

China's growth as a major international superpower means that it is now more important than ever to understand how its politics work. Rejecting familiar discussions of China cast in terms of traditional culture, contemporary economic power or shifting official ideologies, this forward thinking work instead analyses the historically contingent mix of agents, ideas and institutions that make up the country's political life. This approach allows Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk and Peter W. Preston to pragmatically unpack the logic of contemporary politics in China. They trace the construction of the party-state system, note some of its major re-orientations and consider its present condition. The book also covers a range of hot policy topics including: internet sovereignty; the One Belt, One Road initiative; the South China Sea issue and the problems of the elderly empty nesters and left-behind children. Offering a detailed yet concise treatment of key social policy areas and other complex issues, this book will serve a broad audience of students, researchers and professionals, irrespective of discipline, along with all those with an interest in China or Chinese politics.

Reproducing Domination - On the Caribbean Postcolonial State (Hardcover): Percy C. Hintzen, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Aaron... Reproducing Domination - On the Caribbean Postcolonial State (Hardcover)
Percy C. Hintzen, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Aaron Kamugisha
R2,789 Discovery Miles 27 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reproducing Domination: On the Caribbean Postcolonial State collects thirteen key essays on the Caribbean by Percy C. Hintzen, the foremost political sociologist in Anglophone Caribbean studies. For the past thirty years, Hintzen has been one of the most articulate and discerning critics of the postcolonial state in Caribbean scholarship, making seminal contributions to the study of Caribbean politics, sociology, political economy, and diaspora studies. His work on the postcolonial elites in the region, first given full articulation in his book The Costs of Regime Survival: Racial Mobilization, Elite Domination, and Control of the State in Guyana and Trinidad, is unparalleled. Reproducing Domination contains some of Hintzen's most important Caribbean essays over a twenty-five-year period, from 1995 to the present. These works have broadened and deepened his earlier work in The Costs of Regime Survival to encompass the entire Anglophone Caribbean; interrogated the formation and consolidation of the postcolonial Anglophone Caribbean state; and theorized the role of race and ethnicity in Anglophone Caribbean politics. Given the recent global resurgence of interest in elite ownership patterns and their relationship to power and governance, Hintzen's work assumes even more resonance beyond the shores of the Caribbean. This groundbreaking volume serves as an important guide for those concerned with tracing the consolidation of power in the new elite that emerged following flag independence in the 1960s.

The Lincoln Conspiracy - The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed (Paperback): Brad Meltzer,... The Lincoln Conspiracy - The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It Failed (Paperback)
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
R469 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Political Correctness Does More Harm Than Good (Hardcover): Douglas Kruger Political Correctness Does More Harm Than Good (Hardcover)
Douglas Kruger 1
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Democracy in America (Deluxe Library Edition) (Annotated) (Hardcover): Alexis De Tocqueville Democracy in America (Deluxe Library Edition) (Annotated) (Hardcover)
Alexis De Tocqueville
R1,125 Discovery Miles 11 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Comrade Corbyn - Updated New Edition 2018 (Paperback): Rosa Prince Comrade Corbyn - Updated New Edition 2018 (Paperback)
Rosa Prince 1
R401 R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Save R88 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

He is a most unlikely revolutionary: a middle-aged, middle-class former grammar schoolboy who honed his radicalism on the mean streets of rural Shropshire. Last summer, this little-known outsider rode a wave of popular enthusiasm to win the Labour Party leadership by a landslide, with a greater mandate than any British political leader before him. This new edition of the critically acclaimed biography brings the Jeremy Corbyn story fully up to date, setting out how this very British iconoclast managed to snatch the leadership of a party he spent forty years rebelling against and, despite rebellion from within his own ranks, managed to galvanise millions to vote for him in the 2017 general election. Engaging, clear-sighted and above all revealing, Comrade Corbyn explores the extraordinary story of the most unexpected leader in modern British politics.

Rebuilding European Democracy - Resistance and Renewal in an Illiberal Age (Hardcover): Richard Youngs Rebuilding European Democracy - Resistance and Renewal in an Illiberal Age (Hardcover)
Richard Youngs
R2,495 Discovery Miles 24 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In recent years serious concerns emerged over the state of European democracy. Many democracy indices are reporting a year-on-year drift towards less liberal politics in the countries of the European Union. Polls regularly suggest that the voters are coming to question democratic norms more seriously than for many decades. Here, Richard Youngs assesses these risks as many analysts, journalists and politicians stressed the danger of Europe descending into an era of conflict, driven by xenophobic nationalism and nativist authoritarians slowly dismantling liberal democratic rights. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified these fears. There is another side of the democratic equation, however. Youngs argues that governments, EU institutions, political parties, citizens and civil society organisations have gradually begun to push back in defence of democracy. With each chapter, Youngs shows how many governmental, political and social actors have developed responses to Europe's democratic malaise at multiple levels. Europe's democracy problems have been grave and far-reaching. Yet, a spirit of democratic resistance has slowly taken shape. This book argues that the pro-democratic fightback may be belated, but it is real and has assumed significant traction with various types of democratic reform underway, including citizen initiatives, political-party changes, digital activism and EU-level responses.

The Political Power of the Business Corporation (Paperback): Stephen Wilks The Political Power of the Business Corporation (Paperback)
Stephen Wilks
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive analysis of how the large corporation has impacted national and global governance. Wilks has made an important contribution to the literature on the changing political and social role of business in contemporary capitalist polities.' - David Vogel, University of California, US'Observers are increasingly realizing that that the large corporation has become one of the main institutions that govern our lives; the market economy, which in principle prevents corporations from possessing political power, today endows them with that power. Stephen Wilks here traces the extraordinarily important implications of this fact, and makes some sober proposals for tackling the problems it creates for democracy. Others have noted this phenomenon; here at last is a thorough study of it - detailed enough to satisfy the standards of social science; worrying enough to command the concern of policy makers; and written in an approachable style to attract the general reader.' - Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK 'This is a book that needed to be written and Stephen Wilks has the academic understanding and breadth of practical experience to accomplish the task with authority and conviction. This is an important book, not only because it helps to fill a gap in a still under developed literature on the political role of the modern corporation, but because it raises important and disturbing questions about contemporary democracy.' - Wyn Grant, University of Warwick, UK The large business corporation has become a governing institution in national and global politics. This trail-blazing book offers a critical account of its political dominance and lack of democratic legitimacy. Thanks to successful wealth generation and ideological victories the large business corporation has become an effective political actor and has entered into partnership with government in the design of public policy and delivery of public services. Stephen Wilks argues that governmental and corporate elites have transformed British politics to create a 'new corporate state' with similar patterns in the USA, in competitor economies - including China - and in global governance. The argument embraces multinational corporations, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and the inequality generated by corporate dominance. The crucial analysis presented in this ground-breaking book will prove invaluable for academics, researchers and both under- and postgraduate students with an interest in the role of the corporation in politics and society across a wide range of fields including business and management (business ethics), politics, political economy, sociology, corporate governance and strategy. Contents: Preface 1. The Genesis of a Governing Institution 2. The Corporation as a Political Actor 3. Globalisation and the Enhanced Power of Multinational Corporations 4. Corporate Power in the UK: The Rise of the Corporate Elite 5. The Politics of the New Corporate State 6. Partnership and Policy in Britain s New Corporate State 7. Multinational Corporations as Partners in Global Governance 8. Corporations, Culture and Accountability 9. How Persuasive is Corporate Social Responsibility? 10. The Explosion of Interest in Corporate Governance 11. Conclusion: Fairy-tales, Facts, Foci and Futures Bibliography Index

Street law: Educator's manual - Democracy for all (Paperback, 2nd ed): D. McQuoid-Mason, L Lotz, L. Coetzee Street law: Educator's manual - Democracy for all (Paperback, 2nd ed)
D. McQuoid-Mason, L Lotz, L. Coetzee
R405 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R48 (12%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

The second edition of Democracy for All: Educator's Manual is aimed at young people, adults, students and teachers. The books explain how the international community understands democracy, and explores what democracy means to each of us. Democracy for All also explains how government works in a democracy, how the abuse of power is checked, how human rights support democracy, how democratic elections take place, and how citizens can participate in democracy. The objectives of the book are: To improve students' understanding of the fundamental principles and values underlying democracy in society; To promote awareness of the current issues and controversies relating to democracy; To show students that their participation can make a difference to how democracy functions in their country; To foster justice, tolerance and fairness; To develop students' willingness and ability to resolve disputes and differences without resorting to violence; To improve basic skills, including critical thinking and reasoning, communication, observation and problem-solving. Democracy for All uses a variety of student-centred activities, including case studies, role-plays, simulations, small-group discussions, opinion polls and debates. Democracy for All: Educator's Manual explains how the lessons in the Learner's Manual can be conducted and provides solutions to the problems.

Addictive Ideologies - Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You (Hardcover): Emily Bashah, Paul Johnson Addictive Ideologies - Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You (Hardcover)
Emily Bashah, Paul Johnson
R758 R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Save R117 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Short History of the Confederate States of America (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): Jefferson Davis A Short History of the Confederate States of America (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
Jefferson Davis; Edited by Lochlainn Seabrook
R1,249 Discovery Miles 12 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
State and Revolution (Hardcover, Reprint, Enhanced ed.): Vladimir Ilich Lenin State and Revolution (Hardcover, Reprint, Enhanced ed.)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
MAGA Mindset - Making YOU and America Great Again (Hardcover): Mike Cernovich MAGA Mindset - Making YOU and America Great Again (Hardcover)
Mike Cernovich; Edited by Vox Day
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Communication Essays (Hardcover): Rodney G Miller Communication Essays (Hardcover)
Rodney G Miller
R373 Discovery Miles 3 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Catching Our Flag (Hardcover): James Rogan Catching Our Flag (Hardcover)
James Rogan
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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